{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-22-21-266","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 22-21-266","heading":"Certificates of Need - Required Findings for Inpatient Facilities.","body":"No certificate of need for new inpatient facilities or services shall be issued unless the SHPDA makes each of the following findings:\n(1) That the proposed facility or service is consistent with the latest approved revision of the appropriate state plan effective at the time the application was received by the state agency;\n(2) That less costly, more efficient or more appropriate alternatives to such inpatient service are not available, and that the development of such alternatives has been studied and found not practicable;\n(3) That existing inpatient facilities providing inpatient services similar to those proposed are being used in an appropriate and efficient manner consistent with community demands for services;\n(4) That in the case of new construction, alternatives to new construction (e.g., modernization and sharing arrangement) have been considered and have been implemented to the maximum extent practicable; and\n(5) That patients will experience serious problems in obtaining inpatient care of the type proposed in the absence of the proposed new service.","path":["Title 22 Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.","Title 1 Health and Environmental Control Generally.","Chapter 21 Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.","Article 9 Control and Regulation of Development of Certain Health Care Facilities."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=22-21-266","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:51Z","sha256":"029a0273ec7607aa761712785d76d61f90ff8bf7700f65504e809bfab26ec2c8","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-22-21-265.3","next":"us-al/ala.-code-22-21-267"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}